CN110761036B

CN110761036B - Sealing member, door body subassembly and clothing treatment facility

Info

Publication number: CN110761036B
Application number: CN201910978012.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 丁浩
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-15
Filing date: 2019-10-15
Publication date: 2023-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-15
Also published as: CN110761036A

Abstract

The invention provides a sealing element, a door body assembly and clothes treatment equipment, wherein the sealing element is arranged between a first body and a second body and used for sealing the first body and the second body, and the sealing element comprises: a seal body; the first sealing part is connected with the sealing body and used for sealing the first body; the second sealing part is connected with the sealing body and used for sealing the second body; spacing cooperation portion links to each other with sealed body, corresponds on the first body and is equipped with spacing portion, and spacing cooperation portion is used for cooperateing with spacing portion to fix the sealing member to first body. According to the sealing element provided by the invention, the limiting part is matched with the limiting matching part, so that the sealing element is subjected to the acting force from the assembly part, the acting force can counteract or reduce the axial force of the door body on the sealing element, the anti-falling effect is realized, the phenomenon that the sealing element and the assembly part are staggered or even separated from each other due to the axial force generated by the door body in the process of installing the door body is prevented, and the assembly speed and the assembly efficiency of operators are improved.

Description

Sealing member, door body subassembly and clothing treatment facility

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a sealing piece, a door body assembly and a clothes treatment device.

Background

Clothes treatment equipment on the market at present, such as a washing machine, in the assembling process of a door body and a sealing piece, the sealing piece receives axial force caused by the installation of the door body, the axial force can cause the dislocation of the sealing piece relative to the assembling piece and even the falling of the sealing piece from the assembling piece, the dislocation of the sealing piece and even the falling of the sealing piece can influence the assembling speed and the efficiency of operators, and the hidden trouble of poor quality of products can be caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art.

To this end, a first aspect of the invention aims to provide a seal.

It is an object of a second aspect of the present invention to provide a door body assembly including a seal.

The third aspect of the invention aims to provide a clothes treating device comprising the door body assembly.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sealing member disposed between a first body and a second body for sealing the first body and the second body, the sealing member including: a sealing body; the first sealing part is connected with the sealing body and used for sealing the first body; the second sealing part is connected with the sealing body and used for sealing the second body; and the limiting matching part is connected with the sealing body, the first body is correspondingly provided with a limiting part, and the limiting matching part is used for matching with the limiting part so as to fix the sealing element onto the first body.

According to the sealing element provided by the technical scheme, the first body is sealed by the sealing element through the first sealing part, and the second body is sealed by the second sealing part, so that the sealing element can seal the first body and the second body.

The sealing member includes spacing cooperation portion, is equipped with spacing portion on the first body, and the cooperation of spacing cooperation portion and spacing portion can be fixed the sealing member on the first body, prevents that the sealing member from droing from the first body.

On using this sealing member to clothing treatment facility, when realizing sealed between the door body and the staving of clothing treatment facility, through the cooperation of spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion, can strengthen the effort of sealing member and assembly part, specifically, in door body group spare assembling process, assembly part and sealing member assembly back, spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion butt, when assembling the sealing member with the door body again, the door body has the trend that drives the sealing member along with the motion of the door body, and the door body produces the axial force to the sealing member promptly. Spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion's cooperation for the sealing member receives the effort from the assembly part, this effort and axial force opposite direction, can offset or reduce the axial force of a body to the sealing member, play the effect of anticreep, prevent at the in-process of the installation door body, the axial force that the door body produced makes the sealing member and the assembly part dislocation even break away from mutually, thereby improved operating personnel's assembly speed and efficiency, eliminated the quality hidden danger of the product that leads to because of the dislocation of assembly part and sealing member.

In addition, the sealing element provided by the technical scheme of the invention also has the following additional technical characteristics:

in one embodiment, the limit fitting part comprises a limit groove which is arranged on the sealing element and used for accommodating the limit part.

Spacing portion inserts the spacing inslot, has realized the assembly of spacing portion with the spacing groove to realize the fixed mounting of sealing member on first body.

In one embodiment, the sealing body is formed with a through hole, and the first body is at least partially adapted to pass rearwardly through the through hole and into contact with the first sealing portion.

The first body at least partially penetrates through the through hole backwards to realize assembly between the first body and the sealing body, and after the first body at least partially penetrates through the through hole, the outer surface of the first body is in contact with the first sealing part to realize sealing of the first sealing part on the first body. Further, the first seal portion is provided on an inner wall surface of the through hole.

In the invention, the direction of one side of the first body is taken as the front, the direction of one side of the second body is taken as the back, the position of the center of the first body is taken as the inner, and the direction of the circumferential edge of the first body is taken as the outer.

Use first body to include the door body as an example, at the in-process of door body assembly income sealing member, the door body is along in the through-hole of packing into in the past backward direction, and the door body produces the axial force F1 of packing into the sealing member direction along the door body to the sealing member, and spacing portion and spacing groove's cooperation for the sealing member receives the effort F2 with F1 reverse, and F2 is more than or equal to F1, thereby makes F1 can't drive the sealing member and breaks away from with the assembly part along with the motion of the door body.

It can be understood that the limiting matching part can also be a limiting rib arranged on the sealing element, and the limiting part is a limiting groove arranged on the assembly part.

In one embodiment, the sealing element comprises an extending edge, the extending edge extends to form the limiting groove with a U shape with a backward opening, and at least part of the limiting part extends into the limiting groove to fix the sealing element.

The protruding establishment of extension limit the outside of sealing body, the spacing groove is extended by extending the limit and is formed, and the spacing groove opening backward, and spacing portion at least part stretches into the spacing inslot like this, can realize F2 and F1's opposite direction's effect to when preventing that the door body from packing into in the through-hole, the door body drives the sealing member and moves backward.

The extension edge is arranged on the outer side of the sealing body, so that the arrangement of the extension edge does not influence the assembly and the sealing between the sealing element and the first body.

Further, the extending edge is positioned on the front side of the assembly part, so that a limiting rib or a limiting groove is arranged on the assembly part, and the opposite directions of F2 and F1 can be realized.

In one embodiment, the first sealing portion includes a plurality of first sealing ribs, the first sealing ribs are arranged on the inner side of the sealing body in a protruding manner, and the plurality of first sealing ribs are sequentially arranged along the front-back direction.

Sealed body extends inwards and forms first sealed muscle, and first sealed muscle butt realizes sealed between first sealed muscle and the first body on the first body.

The quantity of first sealed muscle is a plurality of, and a plurality of first sealed muscle all is sealed with first body, can realize the multiple sealed between sealing member and the first body like this, improves the sealing reliability between first body and the sealing member.

In one embodiment, the second sealing portion includes a plurality of second sealing ribs protruding from the outer side of the sealing body, and at least two of the second sealing ribs have an included angle different from zero.

Taking the first body including the door body as an example, under the state that the door body is closed, the second sealing rib is abutted with the second body to realize the sealing of the second body, and the first sealing rib is abutted with the first body to realize the sealing of the first body, so that the sealing between the first body and the second body is realized by the cooperation of the first sealing rib and the second sealing rib.

Each second sealing rib and second body looks butt, and each second sealing rib homoenergetic promptly can realize the sealed to the second body, and consequently, the quantity of second sealing rib is a plurality of, can form the multiple sealed between sealing member and the second body, improves the sealing reliability between sealing member and the second body.

And an included angle which is not zero is formed between the at least two second sealing ribs, namely the at least two second sealing ribs are not parallel. Therefore, the at least two non-parallel second sealing ribs can seal the second body from different directions, and further, the reliability of sealing the second body is improved.

In one embodiment, the seal comprises: the stopping part is arranged on the front side of the second sealing part and convexly arranged on the outer side of the sealing body, and when the stopping part is configured to be abutted against the second sealing part, the second body drives the second sealing part to move and is stopped against the stopping part.

For example, the first body comprises a door body, when the door body is closed, the second sealing rib abuts against the second body, at least one second sealing rib is extruded by the second body, the second sealing rib moves, the second sealing rib abuts against the stopping portion under the driving of the second body, the stopping portion supports the deformed second sealing rib, the second sealing rib is prevented from being continuously deformed under the extrusion of the second body, the stopping portion can keep tight fit between the second sealing rib and the second body, and the sealing reliability of the second sealing rib to the second body is improved.

In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a door assembly, comprising: the door body and the assembly part form a first body together, the sealing body of the sealing part is arranged between the door body and the assembly part, the door body is matched with the first sealing part of the sealing part to enable the first sealing part to seal the door body, the assembly part is provided with a limiting part corresponding to the limiting matching part of the sealing part, and the limiting part is matched with the limiting matching part to fix the sealing part on the assembly part.

According to the door body assembly provided by the technical scheme of the second aspect of the invention, the assembly part and the door body form the first body together, wherein the first sealing part is used for sealing the door body, and the limiting part is arranged on the assembly part.

Be provided with spacing portion on the assembly part, the sealing member includes spacing cooperation portion, and in door body group spare assembling process, assembly part and sealing member assembly back, spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion butt, when assembling the sealing member with the door body again, the door body has the trend that drives the sealing member along with the motion of the door body, and the door body produces the axial force to the sealing member promptly. Spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion's cooperation for the sealing member receives the effort that comes from the assembly part, this effort is opposite with axial force direction, can offset or reduce the axial force of a body to the sealing member, play the effect of anticreep, prevent at the in-process of the installation door body, the axial force that the door body produced makes the sealing member and the assembly part dislocation even break away from mutually, thereby operating personnel's assembly rate and efficiency have been improved, the quality hidden danger of the product because of the dislocation of assembly part and sealing member leads to has been eliminated

In one embodiment, the limiting part comprises a limiting rib arranged on the assembly part, and the limiting rib is positioned in a limiting groove of the sealing element.

The limiting rib is inserted into the limiting groove, and the assembly of the limiting rib and the limiting groove is realized. In the process of the door body assembling into the sealing piece, the door body generates axial force F1 along the direction of the door body assembling into the sealing piece, and the limiting rib is matched with the limiting groove, so that the sealing piece receives acting force F2 opposite to the F1, and the F2 is larger than or equal to the F1, and the F1 cannot drive the sealing piece to move along with the door body to separate from the assembly piece.

It will be appreciated that where the stop engagement portion comprises a stop rib, the stop portion comprises a stop slot provided on the fitting.

In one embodiment, the fitting is arranged at the rear side of the extending edge of the sealing element, and the fitting projects forwards to form the limiting rib.

The extending edge is convexly arranged on the outer side of the sealing body, so that the assembly between the sealing piece and the door body is not influenced by the arrangement of the extending edge.

The extending edge is positioned on the front side of the assembly part, so that the limiting ribs or the limiting grooves are arranged on the assembly part, and the opposite directions of F2 and F1 can be realized.

In one embodiment, the door body extends outwards to form a flange, and the extending edge of the sealing element is at least partially pressed between the flange and the assembly.

The door body component further comprises a lining plate, the assembly part is arranged on one side of the flange, the lining plate is arranged on the other side of the flange, and the lining plate and the assembly part are connected with each other, so that the flange and at least part of the extending edge are jointly pressed between the lining plate and the assembly part, the door body and the extending edge are positioned, the door body is not prone to falling off, the firmness of the assembly of the sealing part is further improved, and the sealing performance between the door body and the sealing part is also improved.

In one embodiment, the stop portion and the extending edge of the sealing member define a mounting groove, the assembly member is located in the mounting groove, and the stop portion abuts against the assembly member.

Backstop portion and extension limit are located the both sides that the assembly part is relative respectively, backstop portion with extend the limit and go out the mounting groove, the assembly part is located the mounting groove, furtherly, backstop portion is suitable for with the assembly part looks butt, the assembly part is spacing in the mounting groove, make things convenient for location between assembly part and the sealing member.

The stopping part is abutted against the assembly part, so that the assembly part can support the stopping part, the deformation resistance of the stopping part is improved, and the supporting capacity of the stopping part for the second sealing rib is further improved.

The direction of the sealing member is packed into along the door body, the limiting matching bulge and the limiting bulge are sequentially arranged, so that in the process of packing the sealing member into the door body, the door body has the tendency of driving the sealing member to move along with the door body, at the moment, the limiting matching bulge on the sealing member is stopped and supported on the limiting bulge of the assembly part, the sealing member is prevented from moving along with the door body, and therefore dislocation and separation between the sealing member and the assembly part are prevented.

An aspect of the third aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a tub provided with a laundry taking and putting port, the tub being formed as a second body; and the door body assembly of the clothes treatment equipment according to any one of the technical schemes of the second aspect is arranged at the clothes taking and placing opening in a manner of being capable of being opened and closed so as to open or close the clothes taking and placing opening, and a sealing piece of the door body assembly is arranged between the door body and the barrel body and used for sealing between the door body and the barrel body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the clothes treating apparatus includes the door body assembly of the clothes treating apparatus according to any one of the first aspect, so that all the beneficial effects of the door body assembly of the clothes treating apparatus according to any one of the above-mentioned aspects are achieved, and details are not repeated herein.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a door body assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a door assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a partial exploded view of a washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partially exploded view of a washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 5 is:

100 door body group spare, 1 door body, 11 turn-ups, 2 sealing members, 21 spacing grooves, 22 first sealed muscle, 23 second sealed muscle, 24 backstop portions, 25 sealed bodies, 26 extend limit, 27 mounting grooves, 28 through-holes, 3 assembly parts, 31 spacing muscle, 4 welts, 5 door outer lane, 6 metal loops.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5 of the drawings, the present invention is described by taking the first body as a door body and a fitting part, and the second body as a barrel body as an example, it should be noted that the usage scenario of the sealing member of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the sealing member may be used in any other occasion that needs to be sealed. The clothes processing equipment can be a washing machine, a clothes dryer or a washing and drying integrated machine, further, the washing machine is a drum washing machine, and the washing machine can also be a pulsator washing machine.

As shown in fig. 1, 4 and 5, the laundry treating apparatus includes a tub provided with a laundry taking and putting opening, and a door assembly 100.

The door assembly 100 is openably and closably disposed at the laundry access opening to open or close the laundry access opening. The door assembly 100 includes a door 1, a sealing member 2, and an assembly 3. Sealing member 2 sets up between door body 1 and staving for sealed between door body 1 and the staving, wherein, door body and assembly part form first body jointly, and the staving forms the second body.

Further, the staving includes bucket body and metal ring 6, and the containing space that is used for holding the clothing is injectd to the bucket body, and the clothing is got and is put mouthful and containing space and be linked together, and metal ring 6 is connected on the bucket body to the setting is got at the clothing and is put mouthful department. The sealing piece is arranged between the door body 1 and the metal ring 6 and used for sealing the door body and the metal ring 6. Further, the metal ring 6 may be a stainless steel ring or a copper ring or other materials.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a sealing member 2 is disposed between a door body 1 and a tub body (a second body) for sealing the door body and the tub body.

The seal 2 includes: sealing body 25, first sealing portion, second sealing portion and spacing cooperation portion. Further, the sealing body is annular. The sealing body is provided with a through hole 28 in the middle, and at least part of the door body is suitable for passing through the through hole 28 backwards and contacting with the first sealing part.

The first sealing portion is connected to the sealing body 25 and is used for sealing the door body, for example, the first sealing portion abuts against the door body to seal the door body. Further, the first seal portion is provided on the inner wall surface of the through hole 28, and abuts against the door body to seal the door body.

The second seal is connected to the sealing body 25 for sealing the tub, e.g. the second seal abuts the tub for sealing the tub.

The limiting matching part is connected with the sealing body 25, the door body is correspondingly provided with the limiting part, and the limiting matching part is used for matching with the limiting part so as to fix the sealing element 2 on the door body.

According to the sealing element 2 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the sealing element 2 seals the door body through the first sealing part, and the barrel body is sealed through the second sealing part, so that the door body and the barrel body are sealed by the sealing element 2.

Sealing member 2 includes spacing cooperation portion, is equipped with spacing portion on the door body, and the cooperation of spacing cooperation portion and spacing portion can be fixed sealing member 2 on the door body, prevents that sealing member 2 from droing from the door body.

The first sealing part is used for sealing the door body 1, the second sealing part is used for sealing the barrel body, the assembly part is provided with a limiting part, and the limiting part is matched with the limiting matching part so as to fix the sealing element on the assembly part. Sealing member 2 is when realizing sealing between the door body 1 and the staving of clothing treatment facility, through the cooperation of spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion, can strengthen sealing member 2 and assembly part 3's effort, specifically, in door body group spare assembling process, assembly part 3 and sealing member 2 assembly back, spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion butt, when assembling door body 1 to sealing member 2 again, door body 1 is along in the past backward direction when inserting through-hole 28, door body 1 has the trend that drives sealing member 2 along with door body 1 backward movement, door body 1 produces backward axial force to sealing member 2 promptly. Spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion's cooperation, make sealing member 2 receive the effort from assembly part 3, this effort is opposite with the axial force direction, can offset or reduce the axial force of the door body 1 to sealing member 2, play the effect of anticreep, prevent at the in-process of the door body 1 insertion through-hole 28, the axial force that the door body 1 produced makes sealing member 2 and assembly part 3 dislocation mutually or even break away from mutually, thereby operating personnel's assembly rate and efficiency have been improved, the quality hidden danger of the product that leads to because of the dislocation of assembly part 3 and sealing member 2 has been eliminated.

Further, the limit fitting part comprises a limit groove 21 which is arranged on the sealing element 2 and used for accommodating the limit part.

The limiting part is inserted into the limiting groove 21, so that the assembly of the limiting part and the limiting groove 21 is realized, and the fixed installation of the sealing element 2 on the assembly part is realized. In the process of assembling the sealing member 2 into the door body 1 (the door body is inserted into the through hole), the door body 1 generates an axial force F1 along the direction of the door body 1 in which the sealing member 2 is assembled into the sealing member 2, in other words, the F1 is a backward acting force, and the limiting part is matched with the limiting groove 21, so that the sealing member 2 receives the acting force F2 opposite to the F1, and the F2 is greater than or equal to the F1, thereby the F1 can not drive the sealing member 2 to be separated from the assembling member 3 along with the movement of the door body 1.

It is understood that the limit fitting portion may also be a limit rib 31 provided on the sealing element 2, and the limit portion is a limit groove 21 provided on the assembly member 3.

Further, the sealing element 2 comprises an extension edge 26, and the extension edge 26 is arranged on the outer side of the sealing body 25 in a protruding manner; the extending edge extends to form a limiting groove, the limiting groove is opened backwards, for example, the limiting groove is U-shaped, and as shown in fig. 3, the limiting groove 21 is arranged on the rear surface of the extending edge 26. The direction close to the axial direction of the sealing body is inner, the direction far away from the axial direction of the sealing body is outer, the direction close to the barrel body is rear, and the direction close to the door body is front, in other words, the front end of the barrel body is open, and the door body is positioned in front of the barrel body.

The extended edge 26 is arranged outside the seal body 25 so that the arrangement of the extended edge 26 does not affect the fit and sealing between the seal 2 and the door body.

Further, the extending edge 26 is located at the front side of the fitting 3, so that the limiting rib 31 or the limiting groove 21 is arranged on the fitting 3, and the opposite directions of F2 and F1 can be realized.

Further, the first sealing portion includes a plurality of first sealing ribs 22, the first sealing ribs 22 are convexly disposed on the inner side of the sealing body 25, and the plurality of first sealing ribs 22 are sequentially disposed along the front-rear direction. Further, the first seal rib is provided on an inner wall surface of the through hole.

The sealing body 25 extends inwards to form a first sealing rib 22, the first sealing rib 22 abuts against the door body, and sealing between the first sealing rib 22 and the door body is achieved.

The quantity of first sealed muscle 22 is a plurality of, and a plurality of first sealed muscle 22 all are sealed with the door body, can realize the multiple sealing between sealing member 2 and the door body like this, improve the sealing reliability between the door body and the sealing member 2.

The first sealing rib is annular and is arranged along the circumferential direction of the sealing body.

Further, the second sealing portion includes a plurality of second sealing ribs 23, and the second sealing ribs 23 are convexly arranged on the outer side of the sealing body 25, wherein an included angle which is not zero is formed between at least two second sealing ribs 23.

Under the state that the door body 1 was closed, the sealed muscle of second 23 and staving looks butt realized the sealed to the staving, and the sealed to the door body is realized to first sealed muscle 22 and the looks butt of door body to the sealed between the door body and the staving has been realized to the cooperation of first sealed muscle 22 and the sealed muscle of second 23.

Each second sealing rib 23 is connected with the barrel body in an abutting mode, namely, each second sealing rib 23 can achieve sealing of the barrel body, therefore, the number of the second sealing ribs 23 is multiple, multiple sealing between the sealing piece 2 and the barrel body can be formed, and sealing reliability between the sealing piece 2 and the barrel body is improved.

The at least two second sealing ribs 23 have an included angle different from zero, i.e. the at least two second sealing ribs 23 are not parallel. Therefore, the at least two non-parallel second sealing ribs 23 can seal the barrel body from different directions, and further, the sealing reliability of the barrel body is improved.

The second sealing rib is annular arranged along the circumferential direction of the sealing body

Further, the sealing element 2 includes a stopping portion 24, the stopping portion 24 is disposed at the outer side of the sealing body 25 in a protruding manner and is disposed at the front side of the second sealing portion, and the stopping portion 24 is configured such that when the barrel body abuts against the second sealing portion, the barrel body drives the second sealing portion to move and abuts against the stopping portion 24.

When the door body 1 is closed, the sealed muscle 23 butt of second is when on the staving, the sealed muscle 23 of at least one second receives the squeezing action of staving, make the sealed muscle 23 motion of second, thereby under the drive of staving, the sealed muscle 23 of second ends to supporting on backstop portion 24, backstop portion 24 plays the supporting role to the sealed muscle 23 of second that warp, prevent that the sealed muscle 23 of second from continuing to warp under the squeezing action of staving, thereby backstop portion 24 can keep closely laminating between the sealed muscle 23 of second and the staving, improve the sealed reliability of the sealed muscle 23 of second to the staving.

Embodiments of the second aspect of the present invention provide a door body assembly 100 comprising a door body 1, an assembly 3 and a seal as described in any of the embodiments of the first aspect.

Sealing member 2's sealing body 25 cover is established in the outside of the door body 1 and is set up between the door body 1 and assembly part 3, is equipped with spacing portion on the assembly part 3, and sealing member 2 includes the spacing cooperation portion that corresponds with spacing portion and is connected with sealing body 25, and spacing portion cooperates with spacing cooperation portion, realizes the location between sealing member and the assembly part to prevent between sealing member 2 and the assembly part 3 at the in-process that the door body 1 assembled in sealing member 2 mutually and break away from or misplace.

In the assembly process of the door body assembly 100, after the assembly part 3 is assembled with the sealing part 2, the limiting part is abutted against the limiting matching part, and then when the door body 1 is assembled on the sealing part 2, the door body 1 has a tendency of driving the sealing part 2 to move along with the door body 1, namely the door body 1 generates an axial force on the sealing part 2. Spacing portion and spacing cooperation portion's cooperation, make the sealing member receive the effort from the assembly part, this effort is opposite to the axial force direction that the sealing member 2 produced with the door body 1, can offset or reduce the axial force of the door body 1 to sealing member 2, play the effect of anticreep, prevent at the in-process of the installation door body 1, the axial force that the door body 1 produced makes sealing member 2 and assembly part 3 dislocation mutually or break away from mutually, thereby operating personnel's assembly rate and efficiency have been improved, the quality hidden danger of the product that leads to because of the dislocation of assembly part 3 and sealing member 2 has been eliminated.

Example one

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the limiting part comprises a limiting rib 31 arranged on the assembly part 3, the limiting matching part comprises a limiting groove 21 arranged on the sealing part 2, the limiting rib 31 is located in the limiting groove 21, further, the assembly part 3 is annular and is sleeved on the outer side of the sealing part 2, the limiting rib 31 is annular arranged along the circumferential direction of the assembly part 3, and the limiting groove 21 is matched with the limiting rib 31 and is annular arranged along the circumferential direction of the sealing part 2.

The limiting rib 31 is inserted into the limiting groove 21, and the assembly of the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 is realized. In the process of assembling the door body 1 into the sealing piece 2, the door body 1 generates axial force F1 along the direction of the door body 1 into the sealing piece 2 to the sealing piece 2, and the limiting rib 31 is matched with the limiting groove 21, so that the sealing piece 2 receives acting force F2 opposite to the F1, and the F2 is larger than or equal to the F1, and the F1 cannot drive the sealing piece 2 to be separated from the assembly piece 3 along with the movement of the door body 1. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the size of the front end portion of the door body 1 is larger than that of the rear end portion, so that the door body 1 is fitted into the sealing member 2 in the front-to-rear direction, such that the direction of F1 is from front to rear and the direction of F2 is from rear to front.

Further, the limiting rib 31 is in interference fit with the limiting groove 21, and it can be understood that the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 may also be in clearance fit.

Further, the limiting groove 21 is provided on the sealing member 2, and an opening of the limiting groove 21 faces a direction in which the door body 1 is installed in the sealing member 2, as shown in fig. 3, the opening of the limiting groove faces rearward.

In the assembly process of the door body assembly 100, the sealing member 2 is assembled between the assembly member 3 and the door body 1, and after the connection between the sealing member 2 and the assembly member 3 is completed, the door body 1 is installed.

When the limiting groove 21 is arranged on the sealing piece 2, the opening direction of the limiting groove 21 faces the direction in which the door body 1 is installed into the sealing piece 2, so that F1 and F2 are opposite, and the phenomenon that the sealing piece 2 is displaced from the assembly piece 3 along with the movement of the door body 1 is avoided. It can be understood that the opening direction of the limiting groove 21 may also be the opposite direction of the sealing element 2 installed in the door body 1, and at this time, the sealing element 2 can receive an acting force F2 opposite to F1 through the interference fit between the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 or the change of the shapes of the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 by the cooperation of the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21.

Further, the fitting 3 is sleeved on the outer side of the sealing member 2, and the sealing member 2 includes an extending edge 26, as shown in fig. 3, the extending edge 26 is protruded on the outer side of the sealing body 25 and is located on the front side of the fitting 3.

The extension edge 26 is arranged on one side of the sealing body 25, which is far away from the door body, and protrudes out of the surface of one side of the sealing body 25, which is far away from the door body 1, so that the arrangement of the extension edge 26 does not influence the assembly between the sealing piece 2 and the door body 1.

As shown in fig. 3, the limiting groove 21 is provided on the surface (rear surface) of the extending edge 26 facing the fitting 3, or the extending edge 26 is bent (rearward) toward the fitting 3 and encloses the limiting groove 21 with the seal body 25, and the limiting rib 31 is protruded on the surface of the fitting 3 facing the extending edge 26. As shown in fig. 3, the extending edge is arranged at the front side of the assembly part, a limiting groove is arranged on the rear surface of the extending edge, and the front surface of the assembly part protrudes forwards to form a limiting rib.

The extending edge 26 is located at the front side of the assembly member 3, so that the limiting rib 31 is arranged on the assembly member 3, and the limiting groove 21 is arranged on the extending edge, so that the directions of F2 and F1 are opposite.

Further, the door body 1 extends outwards to form a flange 11, and the extending edge 26 is at least partially pressed between the assembly part 3 and the flange 11.

Door body subassembly 100 still includes welt 4, assembly part 3 sets up the one side at turn-ups 11, welt 4 sets up the opposite side at turn-ups 11, be connected between welt 4 and the assembly part 3, thereby with turn-ups 11, extend limit 26 and press jointly and establish between welt 4 and assembly part 3, realize the location of the door body 1 and extend limit 26, make the difficult production of the door body 1 drop, and further improved the fastness of sealing member 2 assembly, still improved the leakproofness between the door body 1 and the sealing member 2.

Further, door body group spare still includes door outer lane 5, and door outer lane 5 sets up at the welt and deviates from one side (as the front side in fig. 2) of assembly spare, and door outer lane 5 can improve door body group spare's aesthetic property. The door outer 5 is connected with the decorative ring, for example, clamped and/or screwed.

The specific assembly process of the door body assembly comprises the following steps: after being stained with soapy water, the surface of the door body is pressed into the sealing piece, then the lining plate is fixed with the assembly part through screws, and finally the door outer ring 5 is fixed with the assembly part.

Further, the front end of the door body 1 extends outwards and circumferentially to form a flange 11.

Further, the sealing member 2 includes a plurality of first sealing ribs 22, and each first sealing rib 22 is protruded outside the sealing body 25 and abuts against the door body 1. As shown in fig. 3, the number of the first sealing ribs 22 is 4.

The sealing body 25 extends towards the door body 1 (inwards) to form a first sealing rib 22, and one end of the first sealing rib 22 departing from the sealing body 25 abuts against the door body 1, so that sealing between the first sealing rib 22 and the door body 1 is realized.

The number of the first sealing ribs 22 is multiple, and the multiple first sealing ribs 22 are sealed with the door body 1, so that multiple sealing between the sealing element 2 and the door body 1 can be realized, and the sealing reliability between the door body 1 and the sealing element 2 is improved.

Further, the plurality of first sealing ribs 22 are arranged in parallel. The sealing element is in interference fit with the door body.

Further, the sealing member 2 includes a plurality of second sealing ribs 23, the second sealing ribs 23 are disposed on an outer side of the sealing body 25 and located at a rear end portion of the sealing body, each second sealing rib 23 is used for abutting against a barrel of the clothes processing apparatus, and an included angle between at least two second sealing ribs 23 is not zero.

Under the state that the door body 1 is closed, the second sealing rib 23 is abutted with the barrel body to realize the sealing of the barrel body, the first sealing rib 22 is abutted with the door body 1 to realize the sealing of the door body 1, and therefore the sealing between the door body 1 and the barrel body is realized through the matching of the first sealing rib 22 and the second sealing rib 23. Further, the second sealing rib is used for abutting against the metal ring 6, and sealing of the metal ring 6 is achieved.

Each second sealing rib 23 is abutted against the barrel body, that is, each second sealing rib 23 can seal the barrel body, therefore, the number of the second sealing ribs 23 is multiple, multiple sealing between the sealing member 2 and the barrel body can be formed, and the sealing reliability between the sealing member 2 and the barrel body is improved.

The at least two second sealing ribs 23 have an included angle different from zero, i.e. the at least two second sealing ribs 23 are not parallel. Thus, the at least two non-parallel second sealing ribs 23 can seal the barrel body from different directions, and further, the sealing reliability of the barrel body is improved.

Further, the sealing member 2 further includes a stopper portion 24, the stopper portion 24 is disposed at a front side of the second sealing rib 23, and the stopper portion 24 is configured such that when the barrel abuts against the second sealing rib 23, at least one second sealing rib 23 is deformed and stops against the stopper portion 24.

When the door body 1 is closed, the second sealing rib 23 abuts on the barrel body, at least one second sealing rib 23 is extruded by the barrel body and deforms, the deformed second sealing rib 23 is stopped to abut against the stopping portion 24, the stopping portion 24 plays a supporting role for the deformed second sealing rib 23, the second sealing rib 23 is prevented from continuously deforming under the extrusion effect of the barrel body, the stopping portion 24 can keep the second sealing rib 23 tightly attached to the barrel body, and the sealing reliability of the second sealing rib 23 on the barrel body is improved.

Further, the stopping portion 24 and the limit fitting portion are respectively located on two opposite sides of the assembly member 3, and the stopping portion 24 abuts against the assembly member 3. As shown in fig. 3, the number of the second sealing ribs 23 is two, and the second sealing ribs 23 are 23a and 23b, wherein the second sealing ribs 23b are deformed and stop against the stopping portion 24 when abutting against the barrel body.

The stopping portion 24 and the extending edge define a mounting groove 27, the assembly member is located in the mounting groove 27, and further, the assembly member is limited in the mounting groove, so that the positioning between the assembly member and the sealing member is facilitated.

The stopper portion 24 abuts against the assembly member 3, so that the assembly member 3 can support the stopper portion 24, thereby improving the deformation resistance of the stopper portion 24 and further improving the supporting capability of the stopper portion 24 for the second sealing rib 23.

Further, the stopper portion 24 may be in a ring shape disposed along the circumferential direction of the seal body 25, or the stopper portion 24 may be plural in number, and the plural stopper portions 24 are disposed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the seal body 25.

Example two:

different from embodiment one lies in, spacing portion includes the spacing groove 21 that is equipped with on the assembly part 3, and spacing cooperation portion includes the spacing muscle 31 that is equipped with on the sealing member 2, and spacing muscle 31 is located spacing groove 21, and further, assembly part 3 is the annular and overlaps and establish in the outside of sealing member 2, and spacing groove 21 is the annular that sets up along the circumference of assembly part 3, and spacing muscle 31 and spacing groove 21 looks adaptation are the annular that sets up along the circumference of sealing member 2.

The limiting groove 21 is arranged on the assembly part 3, and the opening of the limiting groove 21 faces the direction opposite to the direction in which the sealing part 2 is installed in the door body 1.

When the limiting groove 21 is arranged on the assembly part 3, the opening direction of the limiting groove 21 faces the direction opposite to the direction in which the door body 1 is installed in the sealing part 2, so that F1 and F2 are opposite, and the phenomenon that the sealing part 2 is displaced from the assembly part 3 along with the movement of the door body 1 is avoided. It can be understood that the opening direction of the limiting groove 21 may also be towards the direction in which the door body 1 is installed in the sealing element 2, and at this time, the sealing element 2 can receive an acting force F2 opposite to F1 through the interference fit between the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 or the change of the shapes of the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21 by the cooperation between the limiting rib 31 and the limiting groove 21.

Alternatively, the limiting groove 21 is provided on the surface of the fitting 3 facing the extension edge 26, and the limiting rib 31 is provided protruding on the surface of the extension edge 26 facing the fitting 3.

An embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a tub and the door body assembly 100 as in any one of the embodiments of the second aspect.

The barrel body is provided with a clothes taking and placing opening.

Door body subassembly 100 can set up in clothing gets and puts mouthful department with opening and shutting to open or close clothing gets and puts the mouth, door body subassembly 100's sealing member 2 sets up between door body 1 and staving, is used for the sealed between door body 1 and the staving.

The clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the third aspect of the invention comprises the door body assembly 100 of any one of the embodiments of the second aspect, so that all the beneficial effects of the door body assembly 100 of any one of the embodiments are achieved, and the details are not repeated herein.

In summary, in the sealing member provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the limiting portion and the limiting matching portion are matched to form an anti-falling structure, so as to prevent the sealing member from being separated from or dislocated from the assembly member in the process of installing the door body into the sealing member.

In the description of the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more unless explicitly specified or limited otherwise; the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and encompass, for example, a fixed connection, a removable connection, an integral connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present specification, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or unit must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A sealing element is arranged between a first body and a second body and used for sealing the first body and the second body, and is characterized in that the sealing element is used for a door body assembly, the door body assembly comprises a door body (1) and an assembly part (3), and the door body (1) and the assembly part (3) jointly form the first body; the door body (1) is matched with a first sealing part of the sealing element (2) so that the first sealing part seals the door body (1), a limiting part corresponding to a limiting matching part of the sealing element (2) is arranged on the assembly part (3), the limiting part is matched with the limiting matching part so as to fix the sealing element (2) on the assembly part (3), and the sealing element comprises:

a sealing body (25); the sealing body (25) is provided with a through hole (28), and during the process that the door body (1) is assembled into the sealing piece, at least part of the door body (1) is suitable for passing through the through hole (28) backwards and contacting with the first sealing part;

a first sealing portion connected to the sealing body (25) for sealing the first body,

a second sealing portion connected to the sealing body (25) for sealing the second body; and

the limiting matching part is connected with the sealing body (25), a limiting part is correspondingly arranged on the first body, and the limiting matching part is used for matching with the limiting part so as to fix the sealing element on the first body;

the limiting matching part comprises a limiting groove (21) which is arranged on the sealing element (2) and used for accommodating the limiting part;

the limiting groove (21) is in a U shape with a backward opening, the limiting part at least partially extends into the limiting groove (21) to fix the sealing element, so that the sealing element is subjected to acting force from the assembly part in the process of assembling the door body (1) into the sealing element, the acting force can offset or reduce the axial force of the door body on the sealing element, and the sealing element is prevented from being dislocated or separated from the assembly part (3) in the process of installing the door body (1);

the seal further comprises: the stopping part (24) is arranged at the front side of the second sealing part, and the stopping part (24) is configured in such a way that when the second body is abutted against the second sealing part, the second body drives the second sealing part to move and stops against the stopping part (24); the stop part (24) is abutted with the assembly part (3); the sealing element (2) comprises an extending edge (26), and the extending edge (26) extends to form the limiting groove (21) with a U-shaped opening towards the back; the stopping part (24) and the extending edge (26) of the sealing element (2) are limited out of a mounting groove (27), and the assembly part (3) is positioned in the mounting groove (27);

the second sealing portion comprises a plurality of second sealing ribs (23), the second sealing ribs (23) are arranged in a protruding mode on the outer side of the sealing body (25), at least two included angles which are not zero are formed between the second sealing ribs (23), at least two of the second sealing ribs (23) are not parallel, and at least two of the second sealing ribs (23) are sealed to the barrel body from different directions.

2. The seal of claim 1,

the first sealing portion comprises a plurality of first sealing ribs (22), the first sealing ribs (22) are arranged on the inner side of the sealing body (25) in a protruding mode, and the first sealing ribs (22) are arranged in sequence in the front-back direction.

3. A door assembly, comprising:

door body (1), fitting (3) and seal (2) according to claim 1 or 2, the door body (1) and the fitting (3) being jointly formed as a first body; the sealing body (25) of the sealing element (2) is arranged between the door body (1) and the assembly part (3), the door body (1) is matched with the first sealing part of the sealing element (3) so that the first sealing part seals the door body (1), the assembly part (3) is provided with a limiting part corresponding to the limiting matching part of the sealing element (2), and the limiting part is matched with the limiting matching part so as to fix the sealing element (2) on the assembly part (3).

4. The door body assembly according to claim 3,

the limiting part comprises a limiting rib (31) arranged on the assembly part (3), and the limiting rib (31) is positioned in a limiting groove (21) of the sealing element (2).

5. The door body assembly according to claim 4,

the assembly part (3) is at least partially arranged on the rear side of the extending edge (26) of the sealing element (2), and the assembly part (3) protrudes forwards to form the limiting rib (31).

6. The door body assembly according to claim 3,

the door body (1) extends outwards to form a flange (11), and at least part of an extending edge (26) of the sealing piece (2) is pressed between the flange (11) and the assembly piece (3).

7. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a tub provided with a laundry taking and putting opening, the tub being formed as a second body; and

the door body assembly according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the door body assembly is openably and closably arranged at the clothes access opening to open or close the clothes access opening, and a sealing member (2) of the door body assembly is arranged between the door body and the barrel body for sealing between the door body (1) and the barrel body.